John Nichols

National Affairs Correspondent

@NicholsUprising

John Nichols is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation. He has written, cowritten, or edited over a dozen books on topics ranging from histories of American socialism and the Democratic Party to analyses of US and global media systems. His latest, cowritten with Senator Bernie Sanders, is the New York Times bestseller It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.

Local News Has Been Destroyed. Here’s How We Can Revive It.

Local News Has Been Destroyed. Here’s How We Can Revive It. Local News Has Been Destroyed. Here’s How We Can Revive It.

A plan to build back better.

Dec 12, 2023 / Feature / John Nichols

Donald Trump at a rally in Waukesha, Wis., on August 5, 2022.

Why Is One of Trump’s Fake Electors Still Overseeing Voting in Wisconsin? Why Is One of Trump’s Fake Electors Still Overseeing Voting in Wisconsin?

Ten GOP election deniers have been banned from serving as electors if Trump is on the 2024 ballot. But one of them is still on the statewide election commission.

Dec 8, 2023 / John Nichols

A supporter holds a print depicting Donald Trump’s mug shot as he waits for him to arrive at the Whiskey River bar on December 2, 2023, in Ankeny, Iowa.

Unfortunately for Donald Trump, I’m Not His Alibi Unfortunately for Donald Trump, I’m Not His Alibi

Trump’s lawyers are bizarrely trying to link me (yes, me) to January 6. It’s a sign that the former president’s case is less than airtight.

Dec 6, 2023 / John Nichols

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker during a press conference at the Wisconsin State Capitol on March 7, 2011, in Madison, Wis.

Scott Walker’s Anti-Union Law Could Be Undone by a Court That Respects the Constitution Scott Walker’s Anti-Union Law Could Be Undone by a Court That Respects the Constitution

A right-wing state Supreme Court upheld the Wisconsin governor’s assault on workers. But the court now has a progressive majority and unions are challenging the law.

Dec 5, 2023 / John Nichols

Mehdi Hasan

American Discourse Needs More Mehdi Hasan, Not Less American Discourse Needs More Mehdi Hasan, Not Less

MSNBC should rethink its decision to cancel the Sunday night show hosted by “the best interviewer in American news right now.”

Dec 1, 2023 / John Nichols

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton debating Henry Kissinger on February 11, 2016.

That Time Bernie Sanders Told America: “I Am Proud to Say That Henry Kissinger Is Not My Friend” That Time Bernie Sanders Told America: “I Am Proud to Say That Henry Kissinger Is Not My Friend”

In a remarkable 2016 debate with Hillary Clinton, Sanders rejected the establishment consensus and declared, “I will not take advice from Henry Kissinger.”

Nov 30, 2023 / John Nichols

Former speaker of the House Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) listens during a press conference with members of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party at the Cannon House Office Building on November 15, 2023.

Kevin McCarthy’s Empire of Lies Kevin McCarthy’s Empire of Lies

The former House speaker is currently spouting a wildly inaccurate take on the history of American empire.

Nov 28, 2023 / John Nichols

FDR, Thanksgiving 1933.

FDR Taught Us How to Talk Politics on Thanksgiving FDR Taught Us How to Talk Politics on Thanksgiving

The 32nd president used his holiday proclamations to call for “the establishment on earth of freedom, brotherhood, and justice.”

Nov 23, 2023 / John Nichols

Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson addresses the crowd at The Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Marianne Williamson Is Polling Just As Well Against Biden as Nikki Haley Is Against Trump Marianne Williamson Is Polling Just As Well Against Biden as Nikki Haley Is Against Trump

But the media’s obsessed with Haley and paying almost no attention to Williamson.

Nov 22, 2023 / John Nichols

United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain speaks to auto workers before the arrival of President Joe Biden at the Community Complex Building on November 09, 2023 in Belvidere, Illinois.

The UAW Has Won a Historic Victory. So What Comes Next? The UAW Has Won a Historic Victory. So What Comes Next?

The union’s triumph was a huge step forward in the quest to build a bigger and bolder labor movement.

Nov 17, 2023 / John Nichols

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